Salted Caramel Apple Crisp Bars
Move over, pumpkin! These Salted Caramel Apple Crisp bars will soon become your new fall favorite!
Equipment
- Oven
- 8x8 or 9x9 pan
Ingredients
Shortbread Crust
- ½ c salted butter room temperature
- 1 ¼ c flour
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Salted Caramel Apple Filling
- 4 c peeled and thinly sliced apples
- ¼ c caramel sauce (from jar)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ c flour
Topping
- 6 tablespoon salted butter room temperature
- ¾ c brown sugar
- ½ c flour
- ½ c oatmeal
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- additional caramel if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8x8* square pan with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl combine the butter, flour, brown sugar and salt. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake for 12 minutes.
- Core, peel, and thinly slice 4-5 apples (or however many it takes to get 4 cups). Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine the caramel, salt, cinnamon, brown sugar and flour. Pour over the apples and gently stir to coat the apples with the caramel mixture.
- Spoon the apples over the crust and use your hands to press them down so they're in a nice even layer. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, use a fork to combine the butter, brown sugar, flour, oatmeal and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the apples and gently press down.
- Bake an additional 35-40 minutes, or until the apples are soft.
- Let cool; drizzle with additional caramel sauce and spinkle with additional salt, if desired. Serve as is, or with a scoop of ice cream!
Notes
*If you don't have an 8x8 square pan, I recommend using a 9x9 square pan. Because the bars will be slightly thinner, it may take 5 minutes less in the oven.
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